Counting-machine



v c. n. vffnfn. COUNTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 20, 1920.

1111611191 July 26, 1921.

TTORIEYS and one of them is claimed specificall UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.v

CURTIS `HU'SSEY VEEDER, 0F HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE VEEDEB 'MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF HABTFORDLCONNECTICUT, `A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

COUNTING-MACHINE.

To all whom z't may concern:

Be it known l that I, Cnnrrs HUssnr VEEDER, a citizen of theUnited States residing in the Cay 0f Hartford, in the sate of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Counting-Ma' chines, of,which the following ,is a specification, reference being had tto the `accom` panying drawing, forming a art hereof.

In another ap lication for tters Patent of the United i tates, Serial No. 374,085, filed April 15, 1920, there is shown and described a counting machine in which the transmission of motion from.- the actuating shaft to the re-setting, b which the number wheels have been move in counting operations or re-set to zero, is effected through a form of transmitting devices in -which the actuating shaft is made to actuate a pivotally mountedv gear segment throughthe oss cillation of which the re-setting shaft is actuated. In that application two different embodiments of the invention are shovfn n the present application it' 1s inten ed to cover the other specific embodiment of the broad invention. The invention `will be more fully explained hereinafter with referthe lane indicated by the broken line 2-2 of 4ig. 1, looking inl the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 3 is a partial view in longitudinal section on the plane indicated by the broken line 3-3 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 4 is a partial view in longitudinal section on the plane indicated by the broken line 44 of F1g. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows. f

The numbering mechanism may be of any usual or suitable construction, the resent invention not bein directly concerne therewith.v So far as tie same is represented in the drawing it may comprise a numbering shaft shown at a. in Fig. 1 with an arm a for connection to the part the movements of which are to be counted, a series of number wheels mounted upon a common axis, a pawl 'a socket to receive the re Specication of Letterslatent. Patented July 26, 1921.

Application led April 20,

1920. Serial No. 375198.

ferred to, including the evices actuated by the re-setting shaft for setting the number wheels to zero, may be of any usual or suitable construction, the present invention being concerned with the means for actuating the re-setting shaft b.

In the construction shown, the end wall o of the casing c is provided with a hub c2 to form a bearing for the actuating shaft d, v which has secured to it a suitable fin er piece d for operation by the finger. he` shaft d, within the casing is formed with duced end of the re-setting shaft b and is langedas at d on opposite rsides of the axis, the flanges bemg guided in :1n-aperture e of a plate e. Eachf flange is formed with'a pinor lug al which ,en ges the radial slot It of a gear segment 2. The gear segments engage the teeth b land arel pivoted on. ins g3 of a plate g which is carried by pms g2, which enter apertures c2 in ears e@ of the plate e, so that limited sidewise movement of the plate g and therefore of the gear segment h2 1s permitted. In operation of the construction shown', the oscillation of the shaft d, under the effects osci lation of the gear segments h2, through the engagement o the pins d there with, and a consequent oscillation of the resetting shaft b, the parts being so proportioned that an oscillation of the actuating shaft d to a comparativelyI small angle is suflicient to effect an oscil ation of the resetting shaft sufiicient to return all of the number wheels to zero, even if they have been moved through nine steps.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a re-setting mechanism for a numbering machine, the combination of a toothed re-setting shaft, an actuating shaft, and a pivotally mounted gear segment engagingthe re-setting shaft, the actuating shaft and ressure of the operators inger, A

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the gear segment having a pin and slot engagement whereby theI gear segment is oscil-n lated through oscillation of the operatin shaft.

2. n a re-setting mechanism for a numbering machine, the combination of a toothed re-setting shaft, an actuating shaft, a pivotally'mounted gear segment, and atxsupporting plate for the gear segment, the gear segment and the actuating shaft having a pin and slot connection whereby the gear segment is oscillated through oscillation of the operating shaft.

3. In a re-settlng mechanism for a numbering machine, the combination of a toothed Te-setting shaft, an actuating shaft, supporting means mounted with freedom for limited sideyvise movement,I and gear segments pivotally mounted on said supporting means in engagement with the re-setting shaft, the gear segments having pin and slot connection with the actuating shaft, whereby the gear segment is oscillated through osclillation ofthe operating shlsft.'

his spec' cation signed t is 16 da of April, A. D. 1920. y

CURTIS HUssEY VERDER. 

